Overview

The Proximity Beacon API is a part of the Bluetooth low energy (BLE)
beacon platform, which also includes
Eddystone, an open beacon format from
Google.

The Proximity Beacon API is a cloud service that allows you to manage data
associated with your BLE beacons using a REST interface.

You can associate data with your registered beacons as attachments. Attachments
are arbitrary blobs of data that are served back as messages to your Android
and iOS apps through the Nearby Messages API. You can
update attachments remotely, eliminating the need to physically visit
each beacon.

You can monitor the health of your beacons
through the Proximity Beacon API's diagnostic endpoint, to detect battery
levels, determine whether a beacon has been moved, and more.

When you register beacons with the Proximity Beacon API, the following fields
are used as a signal by the Places API: